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Fresh-cut French fries and even better, fresh onion rings, make even a plain burger special; the sides matter.

Neil’s $8.95 home-cooking lunch special fits the $10 budget and if you’re not looking for that, you can find some mighty fine fresh onion rings there.

The Whataburger location in Arlington has received site plan approval from the town’s Planning Commission, moving it closer to construction.

“Being at Raiford’s, you know you’re going to drink multiple beers. We wanted something you could enjoy throughout the night.” 

Tonica serves up signature gin tonics, true to its Spanish influences, along with tapas and paella. But that doesn’t mean there’s not room for chicken wings on the menu at Sabine Bachmann’s latest restaurant.

Happy Greek Café has plenty of economical choices, and you can’t go wrong with a hummus bowl topped with protein and a tangy little salad.

Veteran bartenders will soon open Cameo in The Citizen and along with a host of cocktails and good food, offer this light-hearted atmosphere: “A complete desecration of your grandma’s parlor.”

“I made it very clear that I didn’t want this to be a small mom and pop business, but to grow out of Memphis to around the country and someday around the world,” Bailan Spice’s Lenora Ebule said. 

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